Feeder for die presses



Aug. 7, 1.945. E. E. BUCHAN FEEDER FOR DIE PRES-SES Filed Nov. 18, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 7, 1945. E. E. BUCHAN FEEDER FOR DIE PRESSES Filed Nov. 1 8, '1944 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JNVENTOR. Elmerfllc/az BY Q4@ @iV/ 0% articles from vario Y matically oromittedgfor v y Ition. vvAs shown 1n these` drawings,

intentaron om masses Elmer Buchan, Chicago, Ill. Y n .jnppneatin navegaba 1s,1944,seriainmsegigi 1 y5 claims. (c1. 164-21) 'Thisinvention relates parti'cnlarly` to feeders Y. for die cutting presses suchl asare in commonuse and whichA are used for makinga large variety of materials such as paper,

other materials. One use'. for such die cutting presses is in themanufacture of gaskets foren,- gines, compressors, carbureterat orv the like.y The material Vtolse operated upon may beV eitherin the form lof sheets or yr'olls and such machines are `customarily fedby hand.

In accordance w1thy the` presentinvention, vI provide a-feeder orqmeans readily applicable to various types of presses,for feeding the throughthe machine, -step by step,i n accordance r`withthe-strokesl of the rpress whereby theffeed will be automatic. i 1

e The principalfobjectof v.the rpresent invention is to yprovide a feeder for the Ypurposes -set forth which will be--simple in. construction andreadily -applied tothepressesandwhich will bejparticularly efficient 1n operatio'n` to` provide a diecut- `tingp'ress `with a feeder for moving thek material lwhich is being operatedupom-therethrough; to

provide a die cutting lpress with a ydischarge table and means for intermittently moving the stock along such` table; andk to provide such further novel features and advantages.l as .3 willbe shown y anddescribed hereinafter.

. In the accompanying drawingsrllu-strating' this invention, .v i

1 is aplanviewpf a presswithmy feeder applie'dtheretoor incorporated therewith i Fig? isa sectional detail rtaken onthe line v2--2- Yof Fig..1; fl f Fig-3 isa side view showing' a erneuter the machinefon `an enlargedscale with. feeder in retractedposition; ,el e Y Fig'. 4lz isasimilar 4view,y showing-the feeder in advanced; position; andA v Fig.l 5 f ra sectional detail -takensubstanna11y on theline 5--j5 of Fig. 1;

In these drawings, npartsare shown rdiagramthepress nconvenience in illustra-A material in bearings 2| in the .bars

vl2.- Thev frame. l5v

vor board 22las shown particularly in Fig-2.

' rollers I9 and. 20, the .roller 2li being provided aframe I5 is secured to the Ibe special vcorkfor4v and in themanufacture of labels, envelopes, or the like.,y the, stock will ordinarily be of paper, but suchmachinesare used-in a large number of different industries.

In accordancel with .the present invention, I provide a feeder wherebythe stock may be automatically fed through theI machine as the lwork progresses. In the .presentform of the invention, back of the press with its upperportion at approximately the same' height as the table or bed' l2. This frame includes side bars I6 which carry adjustable brackets or bearings `I'| whichlmaybe adjusted by means of the-bolts `I8 extending through slotsin the bars as shown. ,A roller I9 is mounted in the bearings. Another roller is rotatably mounted I6 adjacent tothe table also Vincludes extension` table AV broad belt7 orapron` 23. -passes around, the

` f with a ratchet wheel24 which coacts with apawl 25 on the frame .to lpreventthereverse movement vofthe belt',`as will presently be explained.` The dicatedfgerierally bythenumerallll mayebe of any, ordinary. yor ypreferred construction, such presses being well known andin general use. fl-Th'e Vpress hasa .aftablefll mainy frame il which is provided `with I v) y `V`A reciprocablehead vmounted abovethe ltableand carries a platen ,or

cutter `snpporting memberV -f'rdinarilyv the workzpiecesfor material to y' be -acted .upon is' fed through`.the machine by vhand,fsuch-material-being usually inthe form of sheets, webs or rolls. For instance, in the manufacture of gaskets, orthe like, the material may il 3y is operatively t l I4., The headis pro-v Vvided with any'suitablefmeansfor reciprocating land adjusting thesamalthese parts constituting portions of the main press. -1

`21 and carries a v.with clamping screws 3|. .arepreferably toothed or knurled to insure. good 'rocating Vand. rotating or vibrating .3,25 lframe yI lis also'provided'with rearwardly extending bars or guideways'` yengagement with the sheet .of stock or -material 33. `As will be seen lromvliig..2,` the cross bar or Vstrip 28 extends across below theupper reach of the belt or apron 23, and ,the rstock33 passes Avover the belt and below the dogs, the varrangement; being such that when the crimpingends of the dogs I move downwardly, they will engage with the stock and press it andfthebelt-against the cross bar 28 so that the. stock will be drawn along andthe belt will be ,rotated Whengtheparts carrying vthe dogs are movedfrearwardly yor toward the discharge end of the machine. y l Suitable 4mechanism is provided for thus. recipthe Shaft 29 .and the parts associated therewith. In the present construction, short arms 34 are secured tothe yends of the shaft and are connected byv means of .links 3'5 'withthe upper endsiof levers 36` which are pivotedat 31 to the 'main frame .of the' press. Adjustment-is provided between the links 3,5 and `vle'versgl `by means of boltsx38 whichA engage with slots in the levers, as shown.

The lever`s36 are also connected by rnea'rfg 'f linksk39 with the upper endskof Operating ,levers 40. The lower ends of the operating levers are pivotally connected at 4| with slidable bearings 42 mounted in guideways 43 ron the frame. Adjustment of the bearings is provided by means of screws 44 which are connected with the bearings and engage with lugs 45 on the frame. The operating levers 40 are provided with slots 46 which are engaged by pins or trunnions 41 extendin outwardly from the reciprocable head I3.

understood particularly from Figs 3 'ande'. Fig. 8 shows the head I3 in depressed or cutting position at which time the cutting die 48 is in engagement with or has cut 33. When the head starts to move upwardly, the pins or trunnions 41' acty on the operating levers 40 and move their free ends upwardly as shown in Fig. 4. During this movement,v the linkage between such levers and the shaft 29 first causes the shaft to be rotated until the dogs 32 engage with the stock and closely grip the same. The further movement causes the shaft 29 and parts connected therewith to move outwardly or toward the discharge end drawing the stock along or machine asdesired. l .c

Upon the next downward movement Kof the head, the reverse action takes place, the dogs being raised and the shaft and parts connected therewith being 'returned to `initial position. It will benoted that during this movement, the ratchet `wheel 24 and kpawl 25 will prevent the reverse movement of always continues its rotation in one direction. The cutters or dies 48 may be' of any desired form, such dies being frequentlyl made of steel cutting rule, or the like. rlhe parts cut outor scored from the sheet to be removed therefrom, will be carried along Vby thebeltto the` outer feeding it through the discharge position so that these parts will not become prematurely disengaged. This vtends to prevent improper discharge of the parts or cloggin-g of the machine.

It win be readily seen that by means ef the several adjustments of the operating links and levers,

any desiredthrowof thefeederfmay be provided kwithin the operating limits of the apparatus.`

`While I have shown anddescribed ya preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be readily seen that changes may be madein the detailsV of construction or arrangement of the parts to adapt the same` to `different presses or for` feeding diiferent materials, or for other reasons, and therefore I do not wishto be limited to the particularconstruction herein shown and described except as:

set forth in the following claims: n 1 'c I claim: k s l. The combination witha 'die cutting press, of

through thel press, reciprocablel means coacting with the belt `for gripping the.work pieces, fand means actuated by the machine for causingv the gripping means to engage the work pieces and for reciprocating said means pieces.

2. The combination with a press, of a broad belt mounted transversely of the press at the discharge end thereof for receiving sheets after they have passed through the press, lmeans for preventing the reverse movement of said belt, grippers rotatably and slidably mounted adjacent to through the sheet or stock the ,belt so that the belt' to advance the work The operation of the apparatus will be readily 104Y A for vibrating the shaft `for rotating and sliding said grippers.

3. The combination with 4a cutting press, of a discharge -tablejlguideways yalong said table, bearings sli'dably mounted in said guideways, a shaft I I carried by said bearings, grippers on the shaft for enga-gement with the stockv after it has been actedyupon-.by the press, and linkage means actuated by the press and connected with said shaft and for moving it longitudinally of l theguideways.

of the machine, thus an extension table, a belt, carried by said table for receiving the work pieces after ftheyfpass 6a the belt, for engagement with the sheetsfto press y vshaft on either Vthe head andv 4. `A punch press including a bed portion and a reciprocating head, a discharge table extending rearwardly of the bed portion and adapted to receive the stock 'after it'has'pas'sed through the press, guideways adjacent to lthedischarge table, bearings slidably mounted'in said guideways, a shaft carried byjsaid bearings' and extending transversely of the'p'ress, grippers adjustably mounted on the shaft and adapted to draw the stock through the press, arms secured to said side ofthe press, levers pivoted tothe bedI and extending upwardly, adjustable links' connecting the a/.rmswi'thV the levers, operating levers, means for adj ustablypivoting the lower ends of saidoperating levers tothe bed, links connecting theupper ends ofsaid'operating levers with the'fiirst named levers, and' pins secured to extending through 'slots' in said operating levers, thearrangementbeing such that when the head is reciprocated, the links and levers will cause the lgripper `shaftto'b'efa'ctuated to move the grippers into engagement with the stock jacent to the base, an endlessbelt passingaround said rollers, a ratchetwheelfon one of said rollers, a pawl on the frame coacting with the ratchet rwheel to prevent reverse movement of the belt, guideways4 adjacent to 'the frame,`.bearings slidably mountedy on saidfguideWayS, a cross bar connecting said bearings,'a shaft mounted in the bearings, arplurality of dogs adjustably'l secured to the shaft and adapted to engage with the stock to be fed throughthe machine as'it passes over said belt, said cross bar extending below the upper reach ofthe belt adjacent to said dogs whereby the dogs will coact therewith to grip the 'stock and the belt! for' feeding the stock and moving the belt, armssecured to'the ends of the shaft, levers Vpivoted tothe main frame of the machine adjacent tothe arms, links .securing the free ends'o'f theV arms with 'the'upper ends of the levers, operating .levers pivotally connected with slidable hearings mounted :in guideways on` the frame, means for adjusting saidV bearings, links connecting the fr'ee 'ends of the-operatinglevers withthe last named levers,v and ltrunnions eX- 

